This is a trade-killing event

Rishikesa108 · April 12

Nothing more to say.
The grinding part only made things worse.
Hurray I got a lot of materials and crafting motifs!!!
Sigh...I can't sell anything anymore
Double side of the same coin

SilverBride · April 12

I'm holding on to most of my mats and not selling them until after the event.

Treeshka · April 12

Yes many material prices crashed. Not sure if the surplus of extra materials will be consumed and prices will return to normal though.

Melivar · April 12

Patience is the key to the event. Buy up what you need at the low end of pricing and hold onto the expensive items for a few months.

Pawn off all those 5-30K Motifs a little cheaper while people are looking to fill their master crafters books to maintain some cash flow.

DragonRacer · April 12

This is the stock-up/harvesting time if you have the space. The selling time for much of this surplus will be throughout the rest of the year.

AnduinTryggva · April 12

Treeshka wrote: »

Yes many material prices crashed. Not sure if the surplus of extra materials will be consumed and prices will return to normal though.

That is good for many players who are starting out to craft their stuff.

sarahthes · April 12

While mat prices may have crashed somewhat, I think overall this is fairly healthy for the economy.

valenwood_vegan · April 12

Though I do find it annoying as a trader, there are always a ton of complaints about inflation and prices being too high, so I don't think it hurts to have an event like this that helps quite a bit on the supply side.

I just stock up, pay my guild dues, and take some time off from trading to work on other stuff in the game till things stabilize.

I do think it's worse this year because it coincides with u41 breaking guild history and causing problems with trading addons, which seems to have caused a reduction in overall trading activity [EDIT: on pc at least] even before the event started.

Soarora · April 12

It sucks because trading broke down with the guild history problem, my stuff isn’t selling anymore. Now I have no space for all the motifs I get from dungeons + the event. Ah well. It’s good for newer players and for everyone to get rarer furnishings and such, can’t say no to that.

AlwaysDancing · April 12

2 weeks ago - Massive inflation, its the end of the world as we know it!

This week - Prices have dropped, its the end of the world as we know it.

I feel fine...

madman65 · April 12

AlwaysDancing wrote: »

2 weeks ago - Massive inflation, its the end of the world as we know it!

This week - Prices have dropped, its the end of the world as we know it.

I feel fine...

I agree, there is nothing bad about this. Gamers will survive this.

TX12001rwb17_ESO · April 12

If you already have the motifs and items why do you need gold?

SilverBride · April 12

This always happens and it always stabilizes again after the event.

Necrotech_Master · April 12

its called the market lol

supply goes way up (motifs and mats), prices come down

your prices listed from 2 weeks ago before the event started are probably considered "overpriced" right now, or people are getting enough mats from the event boxes they dont need to buy additional mats

SilverBride · April 12

TX12001rwb17_ESO wrote: »

If you already have the motifs and items why do you need gold?

Players spend gold for way more than motifs. I think I've only bought motifs maybe twice.

I need a lot of gold for houses, furnishings and mats for crafting furnishings.

VisitHammerfell · April 12

Yeah, I'm not selling much right now, mostly a bit of PvP gear and non Vvardenfell overland gear, but all these motifs and plans will have me set until next Jubilee. At least for me, getting all these furnishing mats makes me want to buy more plans, and also as I get more motifs, I'm buying some to finish out full sets, it's like tax refund season in ESO lol.

DigiAngel · April 12

Show some kindness and give stuff away.

Hapexamendios · April 12

Stuff that doesn't sell now will sell later.

Rishikesa108 · April 12

Hapexamendios wrote: »

Stuff that doesn't sell now will sell later.

Yes, but I have to reach the selling quota every week...
My trading guilds want me to sell the same amount of stuff...

Jaraal · April 12

I think it's great because I don't have to pay for motifs to expand my various characters' knowledge. I can save my gold for other discretionary purchases that I wouldn't be able to buy after paying for motifs.

ArchangelIsraphel · April 12

I love it. I profit by applying any motifs and furnishing patterns I don't have to my master crafter, and what I can't sell, I hold on my overflow marketing account until prices rise again, which they inevitably do. Win/Win

It also means I can hoard mats and motifs to grant holiday wishes during the forum's yearly player-held holiday giveaway, so the benefit isn't just for me, it's stockpiling for the future. Every year I push myself a little harder during this event so I can give away more later in the year.

Necrotech_Master · April 12

Rishikesa108 wrote: »

Hapexamendios wrote: »

Stuff that doesn't sell now will sell later.

Yes, but I have to reach the selling quota every week...
My trading guilds want me to sell the same amount of stuff...

then thats on the guild setting those requirements lol, has nothing to do with the market fluctuations happening though

personally, i would never join a trade guild with dues, ever

i was even in a guild that had instituted dues after not having them for years and i just left, there are other guilds out there

valenwood_vegan · April 12

^^ Agreed, at least insofar as "that's on the guild setting those requirements". I mean people may have friends and such in their guilds and be reluctant to leave so I'm not going to start telling them to... but there are a lot of trade guilds with no or low dues, or multiple ways to meet requirements.

I'm in a top guild in a top location and if it's not a good sales week, you can make a deposit, send in a donation for auction, join a weekly mat farming run... if the guild is requiring constant sales and putting a lot of pressure on people, that to me is a red flag. I don't mind paying modest dues in return for a consistent good trader location, but when the pressure becomes job-like, it's time to get out.

Every trading guild I've been in has constantly been recruiting over the last year and would be happy to get a new member who just puts in some effort, so it may be worth shopping around.

CenturionExplorer · April 12

It's good way to tackle inflated prices, supply and demand in works.

Bringing prices down is good. They'll be back up again soon enough.

licenturion · April 12

On the other side it is great though. Have been buying a lot of motifs that are 1/6th of the usual prices.

Danikat · April 12

We just had a thread on here complaining about massive inflation (although only on PC NA apparently), so maybe bringing prices down is a good thing.

Either way it's only for a few weeks and then things will go back to normal. Of course it will take time for prices to start going up again, but variations in the economy aren't a bad thing.

Personofsecrets · April 12

I've made a few hundred thousand extra gold than I would have otherwise had from the motifs. So what that they are devalued? Everyone benefits.

MidniteOwl1913 · April 12

So PC or console? THe economies are very different. Please mention which.

I'm guessing PC because that seems to be the default assumption.

jaws343 · April 12

I regularly make 3-5M gold each year from the motifs in this event alone.

This is the time when people buy and round out their known pages.

noblecron · April 12

I don't sell much either. I just list stuff at normal prices and if they sell okay, if not well they're there long after the event

Juju_beans · April 12

I don't have millions in gold so I like these events where 20K turns into 5K for a motif.